Sawaqucha

Sawaqucha
Location Peru
Ayacucho Region
Coordinates 14°34′46.1″S 73°54′4.7″W / 14.579472°S 73.901306°WCoordinates: 14°34′46.1″S 73°54′4.7″W / 14.579472°S 73.901306°W
Surface elevation 4,386 m (14,390 ft)[1]

Sawaqucha (Quechua sawa matrimony, qucha lake,[2][3] "matrimony lake", hispanicized spelling Sahuaccocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Chipao District.[4] It is situated at a height of about 4,386 metres (14,390 ft). Sawaqucha lies northeast of the lakes Yawriwiri, Urqunqucha and Kunturqucha, northwest of the lakes Tipiqucha, Pukaqucha, another lake named Urqunqucha (slightly smaller than the lake mentioned before) and Islaqucha, and north of the lake Apiñaqucha.

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References

  1. ↑ "Laguna Sahuacocha". mapcarta. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)